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Taking a page of Christian Bale's transformation into Dick Cheney for "Vice," Russell Crowe is covered in prosthetics and nearly unrecognizable to play Fox News titan Roger Ailes for Showtime in "The Loudest Voice."

PASADENA, Calif. – Move over Christian Bale. There's a new Hollywood transformation that should whet the appetites of Emmy voters.

Showtime revealed a first look Thursday to the Television Critics Association of Russell Crowe in intensive makeup to play Roger Ailes in their forthcoming limited series "The Loudest Voice." His transformation into the Fox News founder, who died in 2017, rivals Bale's look for his Oscar-nominated role of Dick Cheney in "Vice."

Under a bald cap, big glasses, extensive padding and facial prosthetics, Crowe is nearly unrecognizable in the series, which is based on Gabriel Sherman's book about Ailes, "The Loudest Voice in the Room."

The series also stars Naomi Watts, Seth MacFarlane and Sienna Miller and does not yet have a release date.

It's time for the Television Critics Association's winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif., where networks present their shows to TV journalists. Here, Eva Longoria listens during a panel for ABC's "Grand Hotel." Longoria serves as an executive producer on the new series. Willy Sanjuan, Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP